Useless weapons

Odaise Gaelach

So I played Dead Space for the first time there recently. I had a great time with it but one thing that really annoyed me was the ripper weapon, because it's completely useless. It fires a spinning disc that doesn't go nearly far enough and takes ages to actually kill something. Maybe it's a very effective weapon for someone who knows how to use it properly. I, on the other hand, prefer my weapons to be very simple to use, and anyway I didn't have much time to experiment with the ripper due to all the Necromorphs coming out of the ****ing walls!

Then there's the assault rifle in Unreal Tournament 2004, which is the default non-melee weapon that you start off with. I've some extremely fond memories of the Enforcer pistol from Unreal Tournament; it was a reasonably accurate gun with lots of firepower (a gorgeous 25 in damage for one hit) which made every re-spawning player a proper threat. In 2004 we get the assault rifle which has a better fire rate but is less accurate and only takes off 7 in damage with each hit. The time you need to take off half of someone's health is roughly the same as they need to sidle up to you with a flak cannon and a big grin.

So enough ranting from me: in all your gaming experience what were the most useless weapons you had the bad luck to pick up?

klose

For multiplayer twould have to be the ASP in black ops, everything about it was awful, useless yoke...

Retro lancer in gears 3 I found pretty bad too, is there really a need for that much recoil for an over the shoulder shooter game? :pac:

Retr0gamer

The blob rifle in the Unreal games.

Captain Chaos

The Klob (Scorpion SMG) in Goldeneye on the N64, even two of them was pointless.

Captain Chaos

whippedcream wrote: »

Retro lancer in gears 3 I found pretty bad too, is there really a need for that much recoil for an over the shoulder shooter game? :pac:

The Retro Lance has it's place, I'd love it if it had even a bit more ammo.

It actually feels like you are doing damage compared to the Lancer.

Eathrin

Handgun in Halo 3.

longhalloween

The handgun in ANY game.

The ripper in Dead Space is the most overpowered weapon. If you hold the spinning disk infront of you and let enemies walk into it they come apart VERY quickly.

In FF7 any of Barretts close range weapons.

Ape X

Captain Chaos wrote: »

The Klob (Scorpion SMG) in Goldeneye on the N64, even two of them was pointless.

Definitely the first that sprang to mind for me. The Klobb is so bleedin' inaccurate and slow... Gimme the RC-P90 any day!

I also vote for the knuckle duster in Doom. If you have to resort to that, forget about it!

Stercus Accidit

Captain Chaos wrote: »

The Klob (Scorpion SMG) in Goldeneye on the N64, even two of them was pointless.

That was the tea-bagging of its day!

ShadowHearth

F2000 in mw2.

Hande hoche!

longhalloween wrote: »

The handgun in ANY game.

The ripper in Dead Space is the most overpowered weapon. If you hold the spinning disk infront of you and let enemies walk into it they come apart VERY quickly.

In FF7 any of Barretts close range weapons.

To be fair the handgun in the first Halo is powerful enough.

Retr0gamer

longhalloween wrote: »

The handgun in ANY game.

Except the totally broken handgun in the original Halo.

Scavenger XIII

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The blob rifle in the Unreal games.

What, that weapon is amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing. Takes a bit of skill to aim but full charge is guaranteed kill on hit through any amount of armour and shielding (think it was nerfed in UT3 but it was still damn powerful).

Assault rifle on the other hand is utter garbage for sure. Spawn, get your shield out and leg it to the nearest weapon, don't even point that **** at anyone lest they smell it and come after you. :pac:

Odaise Gaelach

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The blob rifle in the Unreal games.

I really liked the blob rifle.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Except the totally broken handgun in the original Halo.

And the Enforcer in Unreal Tournament.

Jet Black

Bubble gun in earthworm Jim.

krudler

ShadowHearth wrote: »

F2000 in mw2.

except when it had the shotgun glitch. if you put the shotgun attachment on it it had infinite range, so no matter where the enemy was long as they were in your line of sight you could get a kill, sniping across the map with a shottie :pac: they fixed it though.

johnny_ultimate

The Ripper in Dead Space is great! It's a game designed around the chopping of limbs, and the Ripper is designed solely to achieve that simple goal.

I'll say the Portal Gun. It's a great device, no doubt about it, one of the best gaming has to offer. But as far as the process of actually being a piece of weaponry, it's unnecessarily awkward. Sure, the effects can be spectacular, and without the restrictions it could be a WMD of epic proportions, but sometimes you wish you could just shoot these frickin' turrets.

Retr0gamer

Scavenger XIII wrote: »

What, that weapon is amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing. Takes a bit of skill to aim but full charge is guaranteed kill on hit through any amount of armour and shielding (think it was nerfed in UT3 but it was still damn powerful).

Assault rifle on the other hand is utter garbage for sure. Spawn, get your shield out and leg it to the nearest weapon, don't even point that **** at anyone lest they smell it and come after you. :pac:

I don't care how good it was. It was the concept of throwing snot at enemies that makes it the worst weapon in videogames ever.

Monotype

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I don't care how good it was. It was the concept of throwing snot at enemies that makes it the worst weapon in videogames ever.

I think you're just jealous of the people who can use the weapons properly and who used them to your demise!

MadYaker

The glock in CSS.

Magill

MadYaker wrote: »

The glock in CSS.

say what ?

Magill

The UMP in css is probably one of the worst weapons I've ever used in a game... and the dualies in 1.6 are equally bad iirc !

SirLemonhead

Magill wrote: »

The UMP in css is probably one of the worst weapons I've ever used in a game... and the dualies in 1.6 are equally bad iirc !

Yeah easily. I prefered the glock in burst fire mode to the USP..

evad_lhorg

Bombchus, deku nuts, nayrus love, din's fire and the other one. waste of time.

Varied

evad_lhorg wrote: »

Bombchus, deku nuts, nayrus love, din's fire and the other one. waste of time.

Bombchus definitely had their place.

As did Dins fire! Sure how else would you get into the Shadow temple!

RoyalMarine

everything i ever found in diablo 3

dreamers75

Empty tin can in Dayz/Arma or the rock in the vanilla game.

it can injure people but .....why?

GTR63

Slingshot in Zelda and any guns in later levels against bulletsponge enemies cough Max Payne 3 cough...

J. Marston

The BB gun in Fallout 3.

Scavenger XIII

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I don't care how good it was. It was the concept of throwing snot at enemies that makes it the worst weapon in videogames ever.

Take it you weren't a big fan of Boogerman on the snes then?

A PICK AND FLICK ADVENTURE! :pac:

5uspect

GTR63 wrote: »

Slingshot in Zelda and any guns in later levels against bulletsponge enemies cough Max Payne 3 cough...

There were only two heavily armoured guys in the whole game, everyone else can be taken out with single headshots iirc. I think I played MP3 almost entirely with dual 9mm pistols picking off headshots.

So back on topic, every gun in Max Payne 3 that wasn't a 9mm :eek:

Defiler Of The Coffin

The slappers in Goldeneye.

Needler in Halo just felt... weak

K.O.Kiki

The eggs in Resident Evil 4.

super_furry

Captain Chaos wrote: »

The Klob (Scorpion SMG) in Goldeneye on the N64, even two of them was pointless.

Remember some epic Klobb v Slaps death matches. Went on for hours.

ReacherCreature

Battle rifle in Halo 2. Such a departure from the assault rifle in Halo. Battle rifle was an awful weapon.

K.O.Kiki

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Battle rifle in Halo 2. Such a departure from the assault rifle in Halo. Battle rifle was an awful weapon.

I found the BR to be *more* effective than the AR.

4 headshot bursts to kill at close-to-medium range IIRC
Also, charged plasma pistol, quickswitch to BR was easy kill.

ReacherCreature

It felt too cumbersome. Trying to hit multiple enemies with it was a drag as you had to wait in between bursts. I'm talking about campaign mode btw.

TheDoc

Magill wrote: »

The UMP in css is probably one of the worst weapons I've ever used in a game... and the dualies in 1.6 are equally bad iirc !

:O

Granted you said source, but that thing was a beast in 1.6...

super_furry

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

The slappers in Goldeneye.

Needler in Halo just felt... weak

Dual wielded Needlers in Halo 2 were godly. Totally overpowered, but ever since then, they've been pretty weak alright.

Angron

Those fecking whips in the Ratchet and Clank games, I hated using them.

I also wasn't fond of the Bio Rifle in UT3, the range was pretty sh*t and unless you had it charged up (which took a while) it's damage wasn't as good as nearly every other weapon (at least in my experience).

The ripper is dead space is brilliant. I got the platinum tropy for it a few weeks ago and the ripper was my no. 1 weapon. When its upgraded it makes you almost unstoppable at close range.

Supermensch

Staffs in Oblivion.

The Rock-it launcher in Fallout 3.

Also, the flame thrower/freeze gun/tazer in Bioshock. Pointless, considering you could shoot all three, elements?, from your hands.

ancapailldorcha

The knife in Resident Evil (pre-Resi 4 era).

Magill

TheDoc wrote: »

:O

Granted you said source, but that thing was a beast in 1.6...

lol, yeah its pretty much the most useless gun in css !

Although... i don't exactly recall it being a 'beast' in 1.6 either tbh !

Scavenger XIII

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Battle rifle in Halo 2. Such a departure from the assault rifle in Halo. Battle rifle was an awful weapon.

I feel like I'm going to make a habit of jumping into this thread to defend weapons but the BR was an amazing weapon in pretty much every situation.

Once I picked one up I couldn't drop it for anything, campaign or multiplayer.

Ape X

Supermensch wrote: »

The Rock-it launcher in Fallout 3.

Good call. Actually, I found the weapons in Fallout 3 generally to be underwhelming. I was told the Lincoln's Repeater was one of the most powerful in the game, but found it fairly meh. Maybe my stats weren't good enough, but thought I had everything more or less maxed at that stage.

ride-the-spiral

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

The knife in Resident Evil (pre-Resi 4 era).

Well you needed some chance if you ran out of ammo.

gimli2112

ShadowHearth wrote: »

F2000 in mw2.

Was probably my favourite gun in that game. Just treated it like an smg.:)

The ripper was a good weapon in dead space. It was devestating up close, just keep the blade spinning!

wayne040576

The torch in Ghosts n' Goblins.
I always hated it...

Monotype

wayne040576 wrote: »

The torch in Ghosts n' Goblins.
I always hated it...

Horrible weapon. You had to like toss it, but it would usually quickly result in your death for not having a far enough reach or poor accuracy. Back in those days you couldn't cycle through weapons and you had to make do with what you had.

wayne040576

Monotype wrote: »

Horrible weapon. You had to like toss it, but it would usually quickly result in your death for not having a far enough reach or poor accuracy. Back in those days you couldn't cycle through weapons and you had to make do with what you had.

The amount of times I got killed trying to avoid picking it up!